Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-07
TICKETS ON A BLACKLIST.
PENNSYLVANTA'S FIGHT MAX ES
RAILROADEKS HUM,

move simply "A shoulder BiOw AT tno
Payment of Commissions--Some One
Sure to be Knocked Out.
WASHINGTON, April Ga st. Louis
special to the New York Times gives a
copy of the private circular issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to its
agents, which is creating a tremendous up.
roar in the West and upon which there Is
talk of appealing TO the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The circular reads:
CIRCULAR NO. 675.
Pennsylvania lines west of Plttsburg opera
ted by the Chicago, st. Louis and Pittsburg
Railroad Company, and the Pennsylvania
Company and the Pittsburg. Cincinnati and
st. Louis Railroad Company.
To the Ticket A genis OF the a6,oe named COM
7ldNieS
The tickets described below are hereby or
dered OF sale, taking effect at m dnight of
April 1, 1887, and after that hour you will not
sell through ticket, any portion or coupon,
of which reads over any part or division OF
either of the following named railroads or
railways or lines until further notice: Boston
and Albany, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern, Canada Pacific. Central Georgia,
Central Iowa, Central Vermont, Chicago,
and Alton, Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific, ST Paul, Minneapo
lis and Omaha, Delaware and Hudson Canal
Rio Grande and Western, DesMoInes ami
Fort Dodge, Detroit and Cleveland, steam
Navigation Company, Hannibal and ST.
Joseph, Illinois Central, Indiana. Blooming
ton and Western, Kansas City. st Joseph and
Council Bluffs, Minneapolis and st Louis,
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Missouri Pa
cihc. Rock Island and Peoria, Iron Mountain,
Manitoba. Southern Kansas, w aDash (Weet of
riVer), Wisconsin Central. The sale OF through
tickets over railroads or railways or lines not
specified above may be continued as usual at
the tariff rates Indicated in circular No. 672
dated March 30, 1887. The agent will please
acknowledge the receipt of this notice by the
first train on the enclosed card.
Il. A. FORD, q. p. A.
Il. VAN DUsEN, A. q. p. A.
THE ROADS EXPLANATION.
PHILADELPHIA, April Elm explana-
tion OF the so-called boycott of various
railroad lines that refuse to accept the
rule adopted by the trunk lines and Gen.
trail Traffic Association in regard to the
payment of commissions to agents, an Of
fetal oil the passenger department of the
Pennsylvania railroad, who was present
at the trunk line meeting yesterday, said
to-day: 1.-The trunk lines, under their in
depreciation OF the interstate commerce
law, are required to MAINTAIN strictly all
rates published by them, and such rates
caunoC be maintained IL other roaGs over
which they issue tickets are permitted to
pay commissions to their agents. For this
reason the trunk lines and Central Traf-
fe Association sent a circular to all of
their connections asking them to discon-
tinue The payment Of such commissions.
One or two of the Western roads have
taken an arbitrary stand in the
matter, and have said chat they will
act Independently. In consequence
Of this stand taken by the roads in ques-
tion, certain of their competitors have
considered that they are obliged, reIuc-
tantly, to take the same position and to
concur in the action of the lines that orig
inally dissented. This will make about
thirty lines out of several hundred that
will continue to pay commissions to
agents and trunk lines, and the Central
Traffic Association have given them no.
tice that until they do agree to adopt the
practice OF the associations the trunk lines
and the Central Traffic Association will
discontinue TO exchange business with
them"
PASSENGER AGENT FORD SPEAKS.
PITTsBURG, April 6.-General Passen-
ger Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania
lines, said this afternoon that Tickets of
the roads that have not complied with the
rules OF the Central Traffic Association
are still turned to the wall. Some of the
roads have indicated q disposition to hold
UuL dRdlnbt buO u dDUlI5H Jub
business, but the probability
is that they will weaken before the close
OF the week.
A BIG SENSATION AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April "a local paper says
this morning:
1t is long time since anything has caused
such g sensation in railroad circles here as
the action of the Pennsylvania Company in
ordering the tickets of nearly all of its
Western connections to be turned to the wall,
or IN other words stopping all interchange Of
passenger business with those roads so long
ne they refuse TO give positive assurances that
they will stop the payment Of commissions in
Eastern territory. 1t is learned that other
Eastern lines we're to have taken the same ac-
tion as the Pennsylvania but their courage
seems to have failed them, and as yet none
but the Pennsylvania have stopped the sale
OF the tickets OF their Western connections,
The Grand Trunk line is understood to have
been the only one of the Eastern roads which
refused TO take any such radi-
cal action While there is much difference
OF opinion among the w Western roads az 10 the
wisdom OF continuing the payment of COM
and the majority OF them agree with
the Eastern roads that the system ought to
abolished, yet they are nearly nnani-
nous in denouncing the action of the
Pennsylvania road as high handed outrage
and contrary TO the provisions of the new
law. Had the Pennsylvania road stopped the
sale of tickets via all estern limos, without
not have been questioned, but by exempting
such roads as submitted it made itsef clearly
liable under the law. For this reason the
Western roads which have been shut out
have decided not TO retaliate but 10 continue to
sell tickets over the Pennsylvania road the
same as other Eastern lines. But they pro-
pose to brlug the matter Immediately to the
attention OF the Interstate Commission and
ask that the Pennsylvania road. or other
Eastern lines which may follow its example,
be regulated for willful violation OF the
provisions of the law:
Every common carrier subject to the pro-
visions OF this act shall according 10 their re-
spective powers afford all reasonable, proper
and equal facilities for interchange of traffic
between their respective lines, and for the
receiving, forwarding and delivering OF
several llnes and those connecting herewith
and shall not discriminate In their rates and
charges between such connecting lines"
-FOUR ROADS GIVE IN.
NEW YORK, April Z, A. M.-The
World says four OF the so-oalled boyc0tted
railroads yesterday announced their will
ingness TO sign contract providing for
the abolition OF the payment OF commits
slons TO agents aud brokers for the sale OF
passe niger tickets. These are the Grand
Trunk, 81. Paul, Minneapolis aud Mani
toba, Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha. and tue Atlantic division OF the
Soutuern Pacific system.
DENVER RErALIATES.